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Visual16 |
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January 20, 2007 08:15:52am |
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Re: Music in prelinger archive movies - la bamba not public domain? |
Having watched hundreds of these films, finding something recognizable is actually a difficult task. There are actually people out there who think that singing "Happy Birthday to you" is a copyright infringement. I would say if you are really uptight about this, find Richie Valens publisher and ask about form SR licencing for "La Bamba" I don't see how a scratchy optical soundtrack rendition excerpt affects this enormous body of Public Domain footage, in that most of the music is anonymous and we would LOVE TO BUY more of it, but no one even knows who wrote or recorded it. They aren't given credit on the films themselves! I don't believe they are trying to snare anyone into trouble with this, one of the most profound contributions to the entire Internet. I think most people would leave this thread alone but that's my two cents as a private user, not representing this archive...
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scooter_nyc |
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February 12, 2007 06:21:42am |
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Re: Music in prelinger archive movies - la bamba not public domain? |
Amen. You know, one of the huge problems with the public being generally more aware of copyright issues is that there's a lot of misinformation and assumption floating around out there. Intellectual property is not an easy subject, especially if we're talking about the use of music in films.
To the original poster: if you feel that the use of the song in question is going to get you into some sort of legal trouble on your project, then simply don't use it!
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